The Sun. — London, England, 1810-01-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. ENOPPION is requested either to call or send to The S un- Office. MAILS. A,Razyzn--;Gottenburg.l2, z Waterford. DUE--2 Dublin, z - Watertord. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS BAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK, - 68i9M Red. Ann. - - Consols I' E SU N. SOLEM Q 615 DICERE FALSUIVI, ALTDEAT ? ND 0 N, TUESDAY, JANUARY i 6, IRIO. It has been confidently stated ingitorne of the-Let ters 'from Deal, that the John, Adams, Arrerican tiiglne, bad been prevented by our squadron from entering :he Texes, because she had dollars on board; and it ii'eveti added, that sortie !hots 'were ex changed between the John Adams and one our tri- We are ,not able -to give a positive coutra di;:tion to this slaternent, but we are inclined t 6 doubt it, or at,least • to believe that the fa has been misrepresented. If •an aerion hid taken place betweon the John Adams and one of out frigates, of course intelligence of such an event would have been immediately sent to this country, and that intelligence would have arrived as soon' as the John Adams. But no such account has reached the: Admiralty ;. we are therefore diSposed to believe that the statement we gave yesterday was correct, viz. that the American frigate had put bade, in conseluen:e of the strong` easterly winds. Snme,tnore Spanish -and Portuguese Papers have been received, from whiCh we have made several Some Movements have taken .place both among the French and Spanish armies, but no affair of importance has occurred. We rejoice , to find that (he Spaniards, so far from being dispirited by their lite reverses, are redoubling their efforts. extracts. Lvo G.otlentu . rgh Mails arrived. this morning, the conternsot which are given in a subsequent column. We have Intly had occasion to notice the bold rte is with which the Opposition Writers , make the most unfounded statements, for the purpose of rounding «hat they conceive to be charges against We mast now make an observation Or two 'utiont heir mode of extricating themsebies from the disgrace of having advanced direct fals-hcods.— One would naturally .supposfy hat, in the'fitst they would be eager to make some apolOgy to their reader; for deceiving them with false inforination; 'and, if they posessed any feelings of candour, it not hr too much to expect that they would be ready to reahe some atotlealwnt to those whom they had" attempted to injure. But it would be _too troublesome a task daily. to• offer apologies, to n - Lltke recantations, and they have therefore adopted a,boldei . and more original plan. Instead, therefore, of :saying, for . instance, " our assertirms, that the Duke of CUMBEIII,AND, and atter*ards that turd C. ; SomEßsvr, had been appointed to the Government of Portsmotnh, had not the slightest foundation in fait, and we are sorry for having thus • i-iiis - ted'Our I.l,T.ders," they endeavour to pass it ot • 1.4 y saying, that they are gill to find that :Ministers `have felt it necessary to contradi& their statement, ihen.ludicrously insinuate that it is .owing to their se:Worlable exertions that these appointments hate not taken place ! This may he a very easy mode of carrying on political warfare, .but if:cer , tainly is not a very honourable one., We last night received Paris and Dutch Papers to the loth inst. They announce the gradual retreat the-Fre:rub armies out of the Austrian territories, but theycordtrin the opinion which we advanced some time ago, viz. that BUONAPARTE would 'find it ne cessary to leave a large force to watch Austria, and lo keep his vassal States in awe : General OUDINOT; with a coi,siderable army is to be stationed at Ulm. The King-of Blvaria is, we. should suppose,' by this time convinced Of the impolicy of his, conduct t ; by j)ining France against Austria in the war of tvo.s, and. m the last war, he hoped to gain an acees,ion,of territories, or at least to secure his independence. With resPed to the aug n.entation of h 6 dominions, it may be said that his .t 4 have been irealized, for he has got the Tyrol. has certainly made him the nominel «t-,-ion of *the Tyrol, but he has utifortunately o.ulttiii In put him in posestiion of his dotniil7it, ns if it not bftn for the assistance of the French trrvps,• Bavarian Maje4ty woui'd have be6n lon ; 44) drivt:n, by his new subleEts; out of his anciem capital.. to theindepe:. , dnce ofthe King of BA- it would now be a (Tile' sarcasm to mehtior, ; to, cotnpletc.: h, raisfultunes, his territo- nos, aftt:r btitg Nag et] by the corhenclitig ' w,,r, are how to be occupied by a Fiend my during the' peace. The following is an extract of a priitatelettc.r:— " LISBON, .LAN. o..—The main boiy.bithe army halted at Coimbra (or a few days only, and Jitter leavit”g - itl.vo briizaties and shroe Portuguese corps at Abrantes, marchL•d towards Oporto, where the bead of..larfers are to be establishea. About fozlr fie brigades, it i beiith'ed, will remain at-Coimbra. :underwand that it was at first intended.to fix the head-quarten at Viseu, hut this deterusination was altered,' in consequence of information having 'beeq received, that a French army of considerable' force marching on Braga, With the view of pe netrating to Oporto. General' Beiesiord is gone AlmettkL The Portuguese army under , his com mand, I am as;ured„ is in a most excellent condition, well equipped in every respect., and amounting to i.:etween thirty and forty thousand men. , • ," Four transports arrived here on Wednesday list, with horses tor the waggon train, and, detachments for the d;fferent regitntmrs. Clothing for thirty thousand Portuguese isdally, expected (torn London. It i s a lso said ;Jut ten or t . velve thousand more trocTs will. soon arrlve tortintorce our army. '1 he superstition of the Portuguese is Often ex tremely embarrassing io onr countrymen. On the ,try ahe r last Chri:itrads; some Otlicew- who were Frcelnasons, matched frOin the barracks with music, flags, and ail 'the in:ignia of the fraternity, to a large -room, which they had fitted up as a lodge. The vulgar here :vete extremely offended at this proce , 4sion, and the common remark was, " it was no wonder evil should build 'their country, when men, who :could at any time raise the 1) , 20., were allowed to parade the streets, and openly peiferm their incantation." The Officers who . 6tteiided on this oceasion„ It is said, have oeeti reprimanded, and some of them even put under arrest. Villiers, our Ambassador, is soon tore- turn to England. It . is scid that he is to be succeed ed by Lord ChalUs Fityzerald-. A Brigadier-Gene ral Of the Artillery arrived here yesterday, and'also Coi. Arbuthnot, Gen. Beresford's Sycretary. These Officers are'on leave Of absence, and tt;e former re turns`to England:" Yesterday, about half past tvri_relVe o'clock; their MAJESTIES-, ,and Princesses AUGUSTA and ELIzA BETrI, arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. Mis'i GOLDSWORTHY came out yesterday fOr.the first time, since her severe indisposition, and was in at tendance to pay her respeCts to their MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES, The Princesses MANY and SOPHIA remain with the Princess AMELIA, at Windsor,, till to-morrow, when they are expected to town, to - latt, present at the drawing-room to be held on Thursday, in celebration of her IVIA3E-Ty's birth-day. Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLA\ND dined with her MAJEsrv. Yesterday..the Duchess vf YORK arrived •at York House, St. James's, from Oatlau,i,., to dinner.' Yeste,r6y, the Duke of SUSSEX. comj►;eted his 37th year. " , _ Yesterday Goyemment granted licenses for ex portation andimvria; ion from the Baltic. There are letters from .liiiboa of the 3I st of De ceMber, which say, that,an embargo has been laid upon American vessels there, and also the Crews are . imorisoned. 1 - _ A Leiter has been received from a young man, a Prisoner in France, dated Auxerre ; in the Depart- Mem of" Cote d'or, on' the 2lst,of , Decerubc.r. It states, that a general remove has taken pace among the British prisoners throughout France; and that in ft - Pure they were to be divided 'into classes, and• each class to be stationed in a different place ; Auxerre Avas fixed on for the masters and Mates in the , inerphants' service, recetving pay irons the French Government; - about 1400 of 'whom. were stationed there, and •had the liberty' of the' town, but were not - - allowed to pass., the gates,' The meat was very indifferent',. and frOin seven to I 2 sous per lb. On the Sattrday,preceding Are broke out at Auxerre, ivnich threatened to consume the whole of thd town,- but,it. Was got under by the ac tivity of fire English prisoners ; several of whom had received slight injury. The thanks of all the De partinents had 'been given to them, for their on this occasion. Notwithstanding the bnrning of the.storehouse,s at Isle Bourbon, in which the greater part of the car goes of the',Captured, British' ships 'were laid up, that Island is likely to prove a most valuableiprizeto the land and sea forces to which it surrendered. It is said; that letters received' at the Admiralty,• front Admiral BERTIE, Commander in Chief of .his Ma jesty's 'ships and vessels on the Cape station, an nounce the arrival of treasure at that place froinlsle Bourbon, to the amount of tbreo millions and a ball of dollars, supposed to have been realiSed, altogether by The sale of British captured ships and property, to the Americans who frequented the Leland, and the Isle of France,' for the purpose of making pur chases.. Judging from this fact; the capture of the Isle of France may be looked forward to as a perfect mine of wealth. A private Letter from Dunkirk, dated the 7th instant, states:-- "The present is to inform you of what is pass ing here respe6ting trade, which begins now to re vive.a little, since both Governments are granting licenses for the Importation and exportation - of cer tain goods. Above fop cargoes of cor❑ have al ready been, expedited from hence for the Port of London." • Among . other' proposed inquiries in Parliament, it would be, extraordinary were not an investigation to be instituted into the causes of the almost entire dis'appearance of specie from circulation. This is a subject of the highest impoitance to the guardians of the public purs'e. It is believed that touch of our gold coin has lately been drat. n \into France by seis coming with grain and other c , ,tinuodities, which have refused to take colonial produce : pr British ma t,ufattuit:On return, declining all payment otherwise than by specie. Lard S— C— is the Nobleman wit, m it was lai cly,at tempted to carry off fr i om the He of Man. • SMITI-,IFIELIj MARKET, .1;11.15. This i.ay:s Market tws amply , bupplied with prima Beasts, ano the show of Cattle in general was consi (lerablc ; Btef at're , i Veal are. dealer than our last re port; Aintton and Pork sol.d at last prices ; and the uade for the niot, part was' trierably goad., The in t Mat kei-w,ere somewhat lively; Hay, St!aw, and .Clover, -fetched better wices than Fri. a NAVAL' NEWS PNITSMOUTH, JAN. 15. 7 —Came • in this day his _Majesty's ship Diana, of 38 guns', Capt. GRAN r; from the Eastward: Arrived the Mary, DuNN ; Mary, GE,diy ; George, FREDERICK ; Triton, Srarti, froM Sunder land ;T also the Yi-ow Alida, SMITE; from Riga ; 'Acorn, SINNOTT, tion; Dover; Hope, STEWARD, from Shields; Hope, GORMAN ; Albion, RAND; Dove, BADcocK; and &ata Stvhia, from Lon don. Came into the harbour' the ship Fortitude,' from Lisboa, with cotton and hides, having been re taken from a Frcnch privateer by his Majesty's ship Vestal,' of 28 guns, Capt. GRAHAM. Sailed his Majesty's ship Poropiue of 24 guns, Capt. E14,10T, with a convoy to the Cape of Good Hope `Wand the Brazils, together with the under mentioned, viz : Adriural I3erkely ; Isis ; Vuendechsft, Smith; Jack Tai, Galloway ; Liverpool Hero, Gwynne ; !Olin and Thomas, Wilson ; and the Venus, Allen, for the Cape ; also the Cliford, Field ; Gallant, schooner, Smith ; Lord . Nclson, Philips ; Sally, Hutchings ; Emal;cao, Andride ; Viecissi tude, Herm ; and London, Carr, for Rio de Janeiro ; and the Portugue r se ship. Amazon, -, for Oporto. Put back • the Myrtle, BRIDLINGTON, bound to - Gibraltar, having carried away her bowsprit, and" • sustained other damage. Went out of harbour, the Ganynzede, of 20 guns, Captain CATINART ltbo . the . ship (transport) No. • 194; • ISLANDS OF SCILLY, JAN. B.—...Caftle in his Ma jesty's brig Aaeon; Lord NEVILLE Commander, from Plymouth, with stores; also the transport. marked Y.D. John and Jane, of North ShieldsoAmss Fos. TER, Master, from' Lisbon, bound to Portsmouth, with troops. The brig Diamond, of Hull, Taos. MOOR, Master, from , Lisbon, with Carmenia wool,, bound to mouth for orders, under convoy of the Comus fri- gate. SHEERNESS, JAN. 12.-Sailed tip the rivet Thames his'Majesty's ship Sabrina. • , CaMe into harbour his Majesty's ship Resolution. JAN. 14.—Came into harbour his Mijesty's ship Theseus. SHEERNESS, JAN.' 14.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Ruby with Admiral Lord GtutpN ER'S flag on board, • who went on shore and struck it immediately. DEAL, JAN. 1 s.—Arrived his Majegy's'ship .714i notaur from the Baltic. Sailed the Diana frigate for. Portmouth. DI ST RIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Gannet, for L' Atnitie and La COncession, on the 16th inst. at Mr. Angrove's, at yalinouth, and there recalled. Daring, tor L'Espeigle, on hoard, on Wednesday; recalled on l'ilesdays and Wednesdays, at No. 2.3, Norfolk -street, Strand. • • " Leith, for Jong Albert, on the 9th irtst. Nat O. Surrey. street ; recalled on Toes: lbts alto 'Fridays. Queenborough, for the Vrow Elizabeth, on Saturdays, as above, and there recalied on Tuesdays and Fridays. Surinam, for the luliana, •on the to]) instant, at the above place ; and there recalled on Tuesdays and Sa._ lutdays. _ _ _ Cor4on, for the Petrona, on We,lnesday, on board; re- called at No. 7o,.Great Russel-street. • Virginie, for La cakithwurg, on board on •the 19th in stant ; recalled at Mr. Roche 's, Cove, oki Mondays ;and I.',llu,sclays. • Cleopatra and 'Constitution armed cutter, for the cakstpre of the (.; rat Von Bernstortf, tJec. 2,8, at the Office ot I. Hawker, Plymouth ; and recalled at the same place for nine months. • Oberon. for the recapture of the 'envy and Phoebe,. De cember 27, on board; and recalled at No. 182, Snargate•street, Dover. . Alphea, for the recapture °Oise Zeernerew, and Frederick ne,ember z 6, on board the Aiphea; and recalled at No. 20, St. Thomas-street, Porrsniouth', Pudargus and A Iphea, for the recapture of the Margaretta, December 26, vu hoard the 4-ilphea ; and recalled 4t Nn. 2z, St. Thomas -street, Portsmouth. _ _ • I.' Eclair, for the capture of La Fanny and Le Grand Duc de 8er.,4, 29, at No. 18, ; 'and recalled eicry Tuesday and Friday for three months. Constant, lor the detention of the Frederick August, Dec. 3o ; and recailed every {Monday ; ant Thursday, for three months, at N. ,r 3- C: lement's inn. Thotlgh the statement which we gave yesterday, in opposition to the riaisrepresentation. Of *Mr. WAITHMAN, at Guildhall, respecting the families . of the MartruiS of HERTFORD and Lord CASTLEREAGH, requires little comment, yet we,deem it necessary to insert the following panigraph in addi . t.ion to , that statement • misrepresentations in question would have been hardly le,s striking had they been made previously to Lord CASTLEREAGH'S retiring from slice, as he then held .no other , . - situation than that of Secretary Of State, the salary of which is 6000/.. a year; and it. assumed, (for the sake of pointing at an, individual), rliar Lord HE'RT FORD'S and Lord CASTLEREAGH'S lanitlies are to be .considered us (A:wand tiie same, it nevertheless appears that, even in this view, the utmost that kan be stat ed, as the aggregate official emoluments of both fa-. Milies, (exclusive of, military ray),'does not vxcee ; .l 11,1 161.. 15s. per annum. Of the sum Lord CAS TLEREAGH hims -11 receil ea nothing ; his family only 600/. ; and of the remaining 10,000/. 15s. the sum . of 85'831. was granted by., the Crown ,before Lord CASTLEREAGH %.%'S bOrll. We were sorry to find - that the vulgar dialogue which passes among Alacheatit'S circle of Beauties, respeaing their former PloteNors, ,to adopt the ct licate phraseology of -the times, was restored .on Saturday night at the I..ycom. It is very properly .omitted at the other Theatre, and. is w.lTlly .unfit for the stage in the present general improvement of public taste. Indeed, the dialogue of Tice Beggar's, Opera requires some revision in other_inStances i and it is - always the duty of the Managers to expunge every thi7ig repugnant to decorum and morality. .IL AM has quitted Ireland, and is now at Bath, supporting the Concerts of the respeitablp veteran RAUZZINI; GOTTEA BURGH MAILS. JAR. s.—Yesterday at noon the Governor and :i(4 ral_Officers- Of distinction set out for the frontiers Norway, whence they are to await the arrival of 1 ' Prince AUGU,STENBURG. General d'ADDEasp,O l arrived here at ten o'clock last night, and set c on the same journey at five o'clock this mornit' The whole cavalcade are to sleep on Monday- niS at Uddenalla, and proceed from thence early ' TueSday morning, so as to make the grand entre Gottenburgh on the same evening before dad:. His Royal Majesty's health `continues daily to it prove. •• PATERSBURGH, Nova 22.- A report is curre here, that his. Imperial Majesty intends , to proce in a few weeks to Moscow, for a short time, g to repair from thence to Moldavia, to . 'review I vilorious armies. Ctns;dering, however, the sent political state of Europe, and finding that preparations are as yet making for that journey, ' doubt the correeiness of the above report.' By his Imperial Majesty's Order, an Alien Off is to be established both in PetersbUrgh and MI cow, where all foreigners, immediately on their rival, are to produce - their passports, aod may . cordingly obtain leave to remain six months in t country. A new regulation has also been publisht according to which, all foreigners of the males are henceforth to pay a tax of ten rubles per :Mil .and-females five rubles. New and the circle of Carnosk are to divided into four departments, viz. CrAcow, Radii , Lublin, and Scheditz. BANKS OF THE MAIN, DEC. 19.—R umour s 3) that one of the Princes of the Confederation the Rhine is- to withdraw from the helm of vernment, and to spend the remainder of his cD in philosopbia retirement. It is also rumoured, ft one of the most eminent Princes of the Confedel tion 'of .the Rhine is to assume the title of th Chancellor of the Empire. DOLDERNESS AGRICULTURAL SOCIE 1 above:Society held its quarterly me e ting l t.,Saturday, December 30. The question discus was, " The Value of Straw, for Sale, or for M I and the effect of Stubble before and atV Plowing being es,tirti,at-d,--I s it the best Husband to Mow or Shear .White Corn r —Ato the gene question, Whether it is the Geer Hu4andry or to Shear White Corn, the Members present fered in opinion ; but the majority of them w ere' favour of shearing. Some important communi I tions were made by Thos.'Grimston, of Glirrifit IGarth, Esq.. for which, and his active and us zeal upon many •former - occasions, to promote xagricu:tural .inter'st of the Country, th e S oc i e ty I i themselves highly obliged, a;,d voted him then I dial'. and. unanimous th:nks. The Itev. W. VII yard was eleaed President Mr. Ives( 71, Vice-F silent; and Mesis. Be 9, Brigham, Jam es - Iveic Collings, William Raines,' Hutchinton, and 'I Stiane, Members of the Committee for • the.) I ensuing. . This day there was no COnr Qf Aldermen; LORD MAYOR afttr : iospecting the returns , nrc le the - price of hi:cad , to be r,dvanced Id: pis pea. The quartern loaf will then he is. 40. ELLISTON'S theatridl enterprize at' Manche wore hut an urnprorrTsing aspe(st till h e wa , by Mrs. JORDAN, W110'47 talents have been so tratiive, that the Tneatre is crowded every Pi when she appears. . . . KENItLR performed his favourite part of 1101' last night at Covent-Garden Theatre, before crowded audiimce, and thofigh he was obvio° oppressed, by a severe (c)4 , 1 . , he •a , (pitted hint. ably.—On account of the 'sudden illness of ligt l th d e ve g r u y n tler of the . conspicuous. A few 11 ; 1 ToN, C HAR LES K'EMBL,E resumed th e charatter Laertes, w hich ay ;he ago,re n_ Lai as re paaet, (lying off Flushing New,Qtinv, in Folino harbour,) was examining the arm -chest, be, w deck;', happening to snap a pistol, a spark of ' fell . amOng some musket-cartridges and piinli horns, Which exploded, and severely wounded I min, who now lies. dangerously ill. The mendeck, deck, dreading the explosion o f th e magi: zil jumped overboard, and were picked up by the b' t which came to their assistance.. , A c hild unfortunately lost its life a few days 01 at - Heighton, near Rotherham, by drinking water' ola kettle. - Another child at Hulley, near the 64 1 place, was last week hurnt to death, owing to clo3ths saving caught fire. MARRIAGE. EXTRAORDINARY.—There was a 0 11 riage solemnized on the 27th November, in parish church of Crosthwaite, near Keswiti,, which were present-2 brothers, 2 sisters, an c ,` cousins=--3. husbands and 3 wives---4 father 4 a rio mothers- 7 4 suns and 4 daughters-2 uncles and, hunts-2 neph , lws and,2 nieces—and vet the consisted of n:) . titore than six 'persons ! A soldier , belonging - the Buckingham Mi•l t ' lyiug on the heights of Dover, has corit-ssed tirOC was , concerned in the rnurder of Mr. BuTco s near He 'vyas ,eotenceo .to 700 lag for a recent offence, on' Which he made the ab; discovery 5 he, •liov.-ct :!1, received three :bundle ° them, in part, bOng, as many as tie was then able •bear, Sittings appointed in Middlesex and Lohdon, fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLENBORot Lord Chiet Justice, &c. in and. alter Hilary Tet i 1810. Miad!ettex. Saturday, January 27 Friday, February - Friday, February 9 IN TERM 1 1 London. Monda‘, ianuary 29 Saturday, February 3 Saturday, February I°' AFTER TERM Wednesda3, FebruarY Tueickt., february Ti 6 fol by order c " SF " If of Spanish C verses of - other prc experienc 'quainted of peace 1 seeded bj oi her in concealitN •annoUfCC which it have sna deprived quered, which F theca, ca fortunes. WhE difficultit lihn, wil French ?. of the na let ui re tuffer, a upon Um such our " The of all go peace be tn sfur t u take mea evil. T ed of th will lint resour:_6 therto, a which w the Gov, ticulty 1 if they " Which a have alr the nati be,takr Jut to 1 April, not nec, mint at all due of half of indil nary co the stat 4s they six mil miliibn impose nience 100,00 oinan among that th Olalla ed by Corps - tent of ed wit effeas as the: kets o putrts army the n future e, wl~ict taut to tl1( Dernn lodge certec of ge were were were milit do di men .ccu regir from mak ing Regi Reg' the Sent 7th 'Pfin LAN